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Until today, I have had a Make scenario that takes attachments from incoming Gmail messages and uploads to a new record in AirTable. Today 1/23/26 at 1pm, the attachments turned into download links, and I am unable to preview my files anywhere in AirTable. Did something change? Regardless, how do I get the PDF files to upload properly to AirTable in a way where I can preview them?

Hi all, I’ve got a company that works with lots of freelancers and I decided that instead of a service like Calendly, I’d build an interface on Airtable, in a base where they all sync their calendars so I can see their appointments overlapping, and find the “holes” where people are available to meet. It’s worked really well (using filters in the interface, so I find the exact team members I need for each meeting). The one thing is, I’m trying to protect our contractors’ privacy, and don’t want to sync any information that’s extraneous to checking their availability (I don’t want any event details other than whose calendar it’s coming from, start and end time). I’ve successfully toggled off all details EXCEPT the event title, which, it seems, cannot be toggled off.My workaround has been to create a formula field where I change the event name to “Person Busy,” so they don’t show up in my interface, which works fine, but I wanted to see if anyone knows of a way to

Submitting our form causes buffering. The device used to fill out the form is a cell phone.I am not sure if it’s a data issue or maybe the size of the logo used in the form.Can anyone advise about this issue? Thank you

I’d like to build a base to track our produce prescription program. We have coupons with barcodes to distribute to the patients. Ideally I’d like the health worker to use a barcode scanner to scan the first coupon and the last coupon for each patient. Then I need to populate a table of all the coupons distributed within that range for each patient. I currently have a table set up for “patients” where health workers would assign the coupons. Then I have a table for “Coupons” where I’d like the records to be each coupon code distributed. Any help in how to do this would be appreciated!

Hi,Has anyone tried integrating Culture Amp survey data with Airtable for analysis and visualization? I'm considering whether integrating the Culture Amp data would produce better data analysis and visualization results, while also saving a lot of manual work. Thanks!

can someone help with this formula, when there are no dates in the fields it returns 12/31/1969, i’d like it to return a blank or “none”  DATETIME_PARSE(  MAX(    IF({Last Entered Patrol Start Date (from Patrol Reports Section 1)}, VALUE(DATETIME_FORMAT({Last Entered Patrol Start Date (from Patrol Reports Section 1)}, 'x')), 0),    IF({Last Entered Patrol Start Date (from Patrol Reports Section 2)}, VALUE(DATETIME_FORMAT({Last Entered Patrol Start Date (from Patrol Reports Section 2)}, 'x')), 0),    IF({Last Entered Patrol Start Date (from Patrol Reports Section 3)}, VALUE(DATETIME_FORMAT({Last Entered Patrol Start Date (from Patrol Reports Section 3)}, 'x')), 0),    IF({Last Entered Patrol Start Date (from Patrol Reports Section 4)}, VALUE(DATETIME_FORMAT({Last Entered Patrol Start Date (from Patrol Reports Section 4)}, 'x')), 0),    IF({Last Entered Patrol Start Date (from Patrol Reports Section 5)}, VALUE(DATETIME_FORMAT({La

Hi!Is there any way to create collapsible sections or groups in Airtable Interfaces when building one from scratch?We’d like to keep the interface clean, while still having access to additional or less frequently used fields when needed.If this isn’t supported natively, does anyone have a good workaround?Thanks!

Hello! I am baffled by this issue. Essentially, I am creating a way for my office to check-out certain items (laptop chargers, phone chargers, etc.) using QR codes. I’ve got a form that allows people to use their phones (yay!), and I’ve got an array of QR codes that are just text based and give the name of the item, so every time someone scans them, the text pops up with the item name, and then they answer form questions like:whether the item is being checked out or backed in (the person enters this themselves), the name of the person doing the checkingAnd this is great. My fields track all the information I need, the QR codes work, etc.  BUT I CANNOT FOR THE LIFE OF ME LINK these records to my “Equipment” table, which I am making so our tech team can keep an eye on things like:

Our team currently uses a legacy spreadsheet in Excel that is connected to Power Automate. This is visible by many teams and transitioning this workflow from Spreadsheet to Airtable would cause more issues than concerns. I’m wonder if its possible to connect excel to Airtable and make it live so everything is in real-time so that I can use Airtable dashboards to showcase the data we get in the spreadsheet. Is a 3rd party application needed? 

wondering how long it takes for a new question to get approved? I’ve asked a question a couple days ago and it doesn't appear to have been approved yet.

Hi Airtable Community!We're Query Streams, and we built a tool to automatically keep your Airtable bases updated with data from your databases and APIs.What it does:Connect your database or API to Airtable and set a schedule. Your bases stay updated automatically - no more manual imports or copy-pasting.New records get addedChanged records get updatedDeleted records get removed (if you want)Works with:Databases: SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and many moreAPIs: Google Analytics, HubSpot, Shopify, Stripe, ShipStation, and more comingSchedule options:Every few minutes, hourly, daily - whatever fits your workflowCommon uses:Project data from ERP systemsSales numbers from your CRMLive invento

My base has crashed. No one can access it for some reason. I’m able to access other bases but not this one. I’ve put in a customer support ticket but haven't gotten a confirmation email for it. It’s critical that I don't lose this information, please help!

Hi all, Am I correct in assuming that there’s no way to duplicate a base via API? It seems weird that there’s so much you can do loads of customisation with creating a base via API except you can’t do the 1-click duplicate which is available in the UI? The problem with the create base API is that several things don’t work - e.g. AI fields. It’s not practical to use API to create base then manually have to go in and configure a bunch of AI fields by copy/pasting the prompt in 😅 Any workarounds anyone has found?

I manage a statewide calendar on which people submit their events via a form. Many of these dates repeat weekly. How do I set up an automation to add subsequent events automatically rather than having to do it manually? 

Edit after ~1h of investigation: it turns out these are rate limits that are the culprit. Which raises a new question: if I change the email address in the automation, will it impact the runs that are currently in progress? My guess is no. And so, if no, is there any way to trigger a re-run of the currently stuck runs?  I several automations running that involve sending emails. They have both run over 6k times until yesterday around 8pm many runs are stuck in “pending”. There are several things puzzling about it:There isn’t a clear cut off when the automations started getting stuck. See screenshot below: several still pending from before 9pm on Oct 16, followed by successful runs, then everything after 10.15pm is pending.2.Runs stuck at d

I’m creating a list of property. Each item has one or more owners pulled from a separate table. I need to be able to add multiple owners for each property and assign a percentage of ownership. Eg. Property A is 100% owned by Bob    (owner is pulled from another table but percentage is specific to this record)Property B is 50% owned by Bob and 50% owned by Jim. Any ideas?

I am not able to + icon in timeline view, even though Add / Delete record button is enabled. Can anyone please suggest the look around?

Hi everyone,we’re already using Airtable (initial tables exist) and we’re looking for help to properly structure the base and build a lightweight internal frontend / possibly an app to track and analyze our networking activities.Use case: Manage contacts (not customers) and log interactions/meetings per contact (date/location/type), discussion topics, resulting projects/leads/outcomes, follow-ups + reporting (activity over time, last interaction, topic/outcome breakdowns).Key requirement: A mobile-friendly workflow to take photos of meal/entertainment receipts and attach them to the related interaction/contact, including basic fields (purpose/occasion, attendees, amount, etc.) — with the goal of providing documentation for our tax advisor / authorities if needed.Usage is internal only (1–2 users, no external access).If you’ve built something similar

I track media hits through a Base with 3 tabs/tables: Reporter Info, Media Campaigns and Articles. I’ve been trying to link these 3 tables so when I enter an article’s URL in the Article table, which also has columns for Media Campaign and Reporter Name, it will automatically fill the article URL and Reporter Name in the Media Campaigns table...and the article URL and media campaign name will appear in the Reporter Info table under the Reporter’s Name. I have managed to link the Articles table to the Media Campaigns, so the article’s URL will auto-fill but the corresponding Reporter field won’t automatically appear for that Campaign. And If I’m on the Reporters page, and select the reporter’s name, I have to enter the Media Campaign name, which then does auto-fill the article URL tied to that media campaign and reporter.But I want

 Hello, So Airtable has a script that allows importing a CSV file to update records, I am trying to use this script in an Automation but instead of uploading the CSV to the script, I need it to grab it from an attachment field. The Airtable Script: // Ask the user to import a CSV file containing a header row let csvFileResult = await input.fileAsync( 'Upload a CSV file', {allowedFileTypes: ['.csv'], hasHeaderRow: true} ); // The file importer will automatically parse contents for many file types, including CSV files let csvRows = csvFileResult.parsedContents; // Edit this to the name of a table in your base let table = base.getTable('Purchases'); let shouldContinue = await input.buttonsAsync( `Import ${csvRows.length} records from ${csvFileResult.file.name} into ${table.name}?`, [{label: 'Yes', variant: 'primary'}, 'No'] ) if (shouldContinue === 'Yes') { // Create new records from the CSV. // Edit these f

Have a form that a record picker is used to select a client and am trying to get a encoded URL into a button that can be selected from within an Interface page and have the client pre-selected.Have made plenty of Forms pre-filled encoded URLs (Button linked to formula building the URL), but cannot get this one to work - only seems to be for the Record Picker elementHave other URLs for this exact form that work fine, eg:https://airtable.com/appgAgIX5zNGRiox4/pagqzLgwghd7xBloc/form?prefill_Action+Type=Maturing+Term+Deposit&prefill_Task+Name=Maturing+Term+Deposit+-+(Bank)(Amount)(Date)

Bonsoir, j'utilise une extension dans Airtable. Pour que cette extension fonctionne, il faut que je l'actionne manuellement en allant dans l'extension.Serait-il possible d'actionner des extensions via un bouton quand on est sur interface ?

I have an Airtable automation where I : Filter participation records based on the type of participation. Send a recap email with details specific to each type. Currently, I want to update the record to mark the email as sent. Right now, I need to include the “Update record” action in every conditional block, because Airtable executes actions only inside the branch that matches.Question:Is there a way to have a single “Update record” action at the end of the automation, regardless of which conditional branch was executed (ex : where I wrote HERE on the picture), instead of duplicating it in every branch?I’m looking for a faster, cleaner solution to handle this “final step” without repeating it multiple times.  

Hello!We have a medium-sized team (50 people) that has recently moved to a newly built interface. Everyone in this team will have editor permissions for all of the fields that they see in the interface pages.We also want to be transparent with our entire org (300 people) and share this interface with them as many will be making requests via a form that creates record in this interface. However, we’d like to restrict them to editing only a few fields.Is this possible? Or will I just have to limit them to having commenter permissions?

I’ve been going through tutorials and step-by step instructions, and I can’t figure out why my automation is not working properly. Please help!I have two tables (Export and Projects), each with a field called “Slug”. When a record is created in the Export table, I need an automation to check the Projects table and compare the “Slug” fields. If there is a match, no action is required. If there is no match, then a new record needs to be create in the Projects table.Here are my automation steps:The trigger: When a record is created in the Export table.Find records: Where Slug in the Projects table is equal to Slug in the Export tableIf [Find Records > List properties > le